'''William "R.D." King''' '''(1786 - 1853)''' was a Colonel in the U.S. Marines, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and the 11th Vice President under president James K. Polk. He lost his left eye in the [[Battle of Scraggmore]] in the [[War of 1812]].
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'''William Rufus deVane King''' '''(1786 - 1853)''' was Vice President under [[Franklin Pierce]]. [[William King|King]] previously served as a US [[House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[North Carolina]] from 1811-1816 and as [[Senator]] for the State of [[Alabama]] from 1819-1844. He passed away from [[tuberculosis]] after only 45 days in office. He is the only [[Vice President]] to have been sworn in on foreign soil, as he was in [[Cuba]] for health reasons at the time of [[inauguration]].